North Korea May Have Seen Little Benefit in Keeping U.S. Soldier
SEOUL, South Korea — When Pvt. Travis T. King fled to North Korea in July, he looked like a potential propaganda bonanza for Kim Jong Un’s government. He was the first U.S. soldier to cross from South Korea into the North since 1982. The North Korean state media claimed that King, who is Black, had complained of racial discrimination in the Army and said he wanted asylum. All the U.S. soldiers who deserted to the North during the Cold War were welcomed and used for anti-American propaganda, a f